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===In Chechnya===
[[File:OMON Zubr SPM-2 vehicle.jpg|thumb|OMON Zubr officer shoots RPG-7 from the top of GAZ-233036 SPM-2 vehicle]]The force was active in the [[First Chechen War]] where the unit was used as [[light infantry]] and in the notorious "mopping-up" operations (''zachistka'').<ref>[[Human Rights Watch]], February 1995: [http://www.hrw.org/reports/1995/Russia1.htm Russia: Three Months of War in Chechnya]</ref> In February 1996, a group of 37 officers of the [[Novosibirsk]] OMON were captured by the Chechen militants during the [[Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis]];<ref>''[[The Independent]]'', January 20, 1996: [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_/ai_n9638659 Fog of battle clouds Pervomayskoye's ugly truth]</ref> 17 of them were later swapped for the Chechen fighters captured in the same incident. In August 1996, group of 30 Chechen OMON members answering to [[Said-Magomed Kakiyev]] were reportedly captured and executed in [[Grozny]], the Chechen capital, during the [[Battle of Grozny (August 1996)|battle for the city]].
OMON is active in the [[Second Chechen War]]. Almost every Russian city sends, on a regular basis, small units of police (often composed of OMON members) for tours of duty in [[Chechnya]] lasting several months, while the Chechen Republic also formed its own OMON detachment. The force sustained heavy losses in the second conflict as well, including from [[Zhani-Vedeno ambush|the March 2000 ambush]] which killed more than 30 OMON servicemen from [[Perm]] (including nine captured and executed),<ref>''[[The Sunday Times]]'' (UK), 9 April 2000: [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/4236.html##10 Chechens wipe out Russia's top troops] ([[Center for Defense Information]])</ref> the [[July 2000 Chechnya suicide bombings|July 2000 suicide bombing]] which inflicted more than 100 casualties at the [[Chelyabinsk]] OMON base in [[Argun, Chechen Republic|Argun]],<ref>''[[People's Daily]]'', July 03, 2000: [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200007/03/eng20000703_44550.html Chechen Truck Bomb Kills at Least 25 Russians]</ref> and [[Grozny OMON ambush|the April 2002 attack]] which killed 21 Chechen OMON troops in central Grozny.<ref>''[[The St. Petersburg Times]]'', April 19, 2002: [http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=7009 Mine Leaves 21 OMON Troops Dead]</ref>
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